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Social Entrepreneurship

Outrage of the Week: Democracy’s Muted Voice at Davos

January 26, 2008

How much further will it go to appease the non-democratic holders of oil wealth or American debt? After its major banks and corporations have succumbed to the influence that multi-billion dollar investment stakes invariably enjoy, will American foreign policy someday become a commodity to be bought and sold like offshore-made pieces of patio furniture at [...]

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Outrage of the Week: The Failure and Pretense of the World Economic Forum at Davos

February 2, 2007

One sees in this annual Alpine pilgrimage of Davos fragments of the grainy black and white movies showing the imperial families of Europe gathering in their toy soldier costumes and opulent surroundings, oblivious to the marshaling clouds of change and discontent that would bring their primacy to an end. Fortunately, the annual spectacle known as [...]

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Social Entrepreneurship Not Invented at Davos

January 30, 2007

The New York Times’s Nicholas Kristof visited the World Economic Forum at Davos last week and came back impressed by the idea of social entrepreneurship. As his column observes today: But perhaps the most remarkable people to attend aren’t the world leaders or other bigwigs. Rather, they are the social entrepreneurs. Davos, which has always [...]

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